The Resolutions are print below:
RESOLUTION OF ANC 3F
WHEREAS, ANC 3F is committed to establishing and maintaining good relationships with all its institutional neighbors; and
WHEREAS, the University of the District of Columbia ("UDC") is a major public institution located almost exclusively in the Forest Hills and North Cleveland Park neighborhood of ANC 3F; and
WHEREAS, UDC is the only public university in the District; and
WHEREAS, UDC's ten-building physical plant in this neighborhood is a valuable asset of the District; and
WHEREAS, UDC is an urban federal land-grant university with concomitant teaching, research and public service obligations, including operation of the District's Extension Service; and
WHEREAS, UDC is fully accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and School's Commission on Higher Education as well as by the responsible accrediting organizations regarding virtually all component schools and programs; and
WHEREAS, UDC now serves over five thousand undergraduate students and over 200 graduate students, with 82 % residing in the District (some in this neighborhood); and
WHEREAS, UDC serves more District-resident undergraduates than all the other institutions of higher education in this DC-MD-VA region, combined; and
WHEREAS, the District benefits from and needs a mosaic, of which UDC offers an important part, of public and private higher education opportunities competing to serve individuals and organizations; and
WHEREAS, UDC is a member of this metropolitan area's Consortium of Universities (together with American, Catholic, Gallaudet, George Mason, George Washington, Georgetown, Howard, Marymount, Southeastern and U. Maryland College Park) which reciprocally allow matriculated students of other members to take courses not available in the student's own school; and
WHEREAS, a strong, well-managed UDC focused on academic excellence, training, research and public service to meet priority needs in the District is very much in the interest of individual students and potential students, the faculty, the neighborhood and the District as a whole; and
WHEREAS, UDC formerly suffered from unreliable financial support, irresponsible management and ineffective oversight; and
WHEREAS, under a new Administration and with input from the D.C. Council and the D.C. Control Board, UDC has developed a new Strategic Plan consisting of eight core strategies; and
WHEREAS, UDC has begun to make visible progress, refocusing on priority educational and training needs (including undergraduate, graduate and continuing education levels), creating a growing number of public-private partnerships, winning respect in the education marketplace (as witness a 71% increase in freshman enrollment in the Fall of 1998, attracting non-residents as well as residents of DC), and striving to become a good neighbor (as witness outsourcing for on-going neatness of sidewalks and grounds and snow removal); and
WHEREAS, adequate resources for operations, maintenance and the capital program and adequate support and encouragement by all levels of government are vital to UDC's success in carrying out its Mission and preserving and enhancing its plant; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor's Buntline Operating Budget Request for UDC for Fiscal Year 2000 budget request, just submitted to the D.C. Council, and subject to enhancements and adjustments to be negotiated, provides essentially for the FY1999 level of operating funds, totaling $81 million of which $41 million are appropriated from local, District funds (the remainder consisting of tuition, federal and private grants, and intra-District transfers); and
WHEREAS, UDC's Strategic Plan for FY1999 - FY2001 (dated November 23, 1998) assumed $46 million of local, District funds; and
WHEREAS, the D.C. Council is also receiving and will consider a proposed FY2000 capital program;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by this Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3F, at a duly noticed meeting and with a quorum of the seven commissioners present,
THAT the D.C. Council, the Mayor and the Congress should assure adequate financial resources and oversight for FY 2000, giving careful heed to the UDC budget request and proposed enhancements, UDC's Strategic Plan, and UDC's needs for operating and maintaining its physical plant with integrity, including an adequate capital program, and conducting academic education, training, research and public service on an on-going, reliable basis; and
THAT UDC should continue on the path of using all of its resources to focus its academic education, training, research and public service programs, cultivate good neighborliness, foster public-private partnering, seek more federal, private and intra-District funding as well as local appropriations, and maintain and enhance its physical plant; and
THAT the Commission directs its Subcommittee on UDC Issues to convey its interest and support to the D.C. Council, the Mayor and the Congress; and
THAT this Commission cannot evaluate the Mayor's proposed sale
of the UDC campus, with UDC moving to some Southeast DC location, until
more information is forthcoming as to details and pros and cons — including
the rationale for and proposed timing of the sale and the move and the
subsequent consequences for students, faculty, this neighborhood, and others
with a stake in UDC and for the District of Columbia as a whole.
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ANC 3F adopted the following Resolution regarding tuition plans for
DC residents, reciprocity for non-DC students at UDC and entry of UDC into
the circle of historically-black universities. The vote was 5-2-0
with all seven commissioners participating:
RESOLUTION OF ANC 3F
WHEREAS, affordable higher education is important to individuals residing in the District of Columbia, including residents of ANC 3F; and
WHEREAS, States normally offer a wide variety of educational opportunities in a number of public institutions of higher education at low tuition rates, reserved to residents; and
WHEREAS, residents of the District now enjoy a resident tuition advantage only at the University of the District of Columbia ("UDC"), a major public institution located in the Forest Hills and North Cleveland Park neighborhood of ANC 3F; and
WHEREAS, UDC is fully accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools's Commission on Higher Education as well as by the responsible accrediting organizations regarding virtually all component schools and programs; and
WHEREAS, UDC now serves over five thousand undergraduate students and over 200 graduate students, with 82 % residing in the District (some in this neighborhood); and
WHEREAS, UDC serves more District-resident undergraduates than all the other institutions of higher education in this DC-MD-VA region, combined; and
WHEREAS, the District benefits from and needs a mosaic, of which UDC offers an important part, of public and private higher education opportunities competing to serve individuals and organizations; and
WHEREAS, UDC is one of twelve members of this metropolitan area's Consortium of Universities (with American, Catholic, Gallaudet, George Mason, George Washington, Georgetown, Howard, Marymount, Southeastern and U. Maryland College Park) which reciprocally allow matriculated students to take courses not available in one member school at another member; and
WHEREAS, UDC does not and cannot perform all of the educational and training services demanded by DC residents, but can and does compete effectively in the educational marketplace (as witness the fact that one out of six UDC students is a non-resident); and
WHEREAS, (a) H.R. 974 crafted by Congressman Tom Davis, Chairman of the DC Subcommittee in the U. S. House of Representatives, and co-sponsored by Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, the Ranking Minority Member of the Subcommittee, would (1) provide federal funding administered through the Office of the Mayor of the District of Columbia of the difference between resident and non-resident tuition for District residents (of at least 12 months' duration) attending public colleges and universities in any of the 50 states and (2) authorize federal funding for UDC for FY2000 plus five succeeding years "as may be necessary to enhance educational opportunities" (which is expected to facilitate conferring on UDC the status of "historically-black university" with significant federal funding benefits year after year), and (b) and the President's Budget proposes funding for these purposes; and
WHEREAS, the U. S. Senate Subcommittee on Education is expected to craft a comparable legislative proposal but has not yet done so; and
WHEREAS, a carefully-crafted program to enhance higher education choices will make residence in the District more attractive while letting UDC compete for enrollments on a level playing field; and
WHEREAS, UDC is not now counted among the historically-black colleges and universities which enjoy special federal funding even though UDC had roots in segregated, black institutions, beginning over a hundred years ago;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by this Advisory Neighborhood Commission 3F, at a duly noticed meeting and with a quorum of the seven commissioners present,
THAT the Commission supports federal funding for attendance by individual District residents at public universities and colleges outside the District for the in-State resident tuition, but urges specific provision of reciprocity for out-of-District individuals attracted to UDC; and
THAT the Commission supports authorization of federal multi-year funding for new educational opportunities for UDC, particularly as a means to bring UDC into the federal funding circle applicable to historically-black colleges and universities; and
THAT the Commission directs its Subcommittee on UDC Issues to
convey its interest and support to the Congress and to District Officials.